Whats the craic'?

"Here to enjoy the fishing, some Irish craic' and pick up a few tips along the way" Tengku Izzudin Read how the first ever Asian angler all the way from Kuala Lumpur fished his way through the Lakelands and the World Pairs.

Day 5 Final Day : 'The End of the Wacky Race!' as my mate Fergal puts it. Drawn peg 9 at Bunerky so Kev will fish Brackley. Kevin dropped me off at the gate, it was then I realised that we had to walk for miles to get to the pegs with our heavy kit! "Make small trips lad, otherwise it'll do you in. Good advice indeed and I reckon everyone made at least 3 trips to carry all our tackle to our pegs. I clipped up for 50 turns on the tip and an 11m (plumbed and found an interesting drop off there) pole line just in case. From the starting whistle some small fish (very small) were landed, then realised I was probably fishing on a bed of zebra mussels when some came back on the hook. Made slightly longer casts at 55 turns to a clear patch and slightly deeper water. Occasionally made casts to 45 turns where I got most of my catch. Preserved feeding with the 55 turn line but that was when things started to get horribly wrong. For close to 3 hours I think pegs 7-10 did not get any bites so we ended up chatting (and moaning). Bites started again in the last hour and Dave (former King Of Clubs champ) immediately went on a catching streak while I just stared helplessly at my motionless tip. Somehow cracked my tip too (sorry Steve!)! “Mama said there'll be days like this”, at the weigh in I looked into my keepnet and went "c'mon there's got to be more in there!" So my last day ended with a measly 0.450kg and I wondered if I had finished last in the rankings. At least Kevin, who fared a lot better had a good laugh at my results.

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Tengku Izzudin bin Tengku

Better known as 'Guv' for short, lives and works in sunny Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with his lovely missus and 3 young boys (who are not unlike leather carps; smooth skinned, good fighters and ferocious eaters!). When he's not too busy working on underground power cable systems, he's seen pole fishing at his favourite fishery or chucking a lure for snakeheads in a remote location somewhere where his bosses can't get hold of him.

At the time of the World Pairs, he is 28 years and err..126 months old. Been fishing since childhood days, he had a brief affair with fly fishing and beach casting while studying in Caterham before fully converting to the joys of coarse fishing after moving to Nottingham in the mid 90s. It was in Nottingham that he discovered his passion (and obsession) for match fishing with the Keyworth & District Angling Club and Nottingham Anglers Association.

He has a regular column in a few local Malaysian angling mags called ' A Cup Of Tea With The Guv'nor' where he's been writing on and promoting coarse & match fishing since 2001. From his tireless efforts the number of Malaysia's pole anglers has surged by 300% and now they boast 4 pole anglers throughout the country.

Apart from coaching some new and budding local coarse anglers, Guv works towards so that coarse fishing will be more accepted among Malaysian anglers and is helping to set up a Malaysian Feeder Fishing Team to compete in the World Championships.

The Guv'nor is also active in river conservation and safeguarding Malaysia's native fish species and hopes that Crystal Palace FC will fare better in the Premiership this season.